At César E. Chávez Elementary School in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, our school’s attendance rate climbed to 96% last year. That’s in comparison with nearly 1 in 4 students nationwide who are ...

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The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) on Tuesday released attendance data of teachers and administrative staff of the state’s school districts for the 2024-2025 school year. This ...

The Press investigation of dozens of school files revealed they were misleading and possibly altered to falsely indicate more students were in school than actually were. At least two sources with ...

Chicago schools are seeing a drop in attendance among English language learners amid the highly publicized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the city. One high school in ...

In her role as a Communities in Schools of South Central Texas (CIS) site coordinator, Kelsey Plant has helped students on the verge of dropping out go on to achieve accomplishments they never before ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A pilot program that paid Charleston County School District students for perfect attendance last school year showed significant results beyond getting students into the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — House Bill 611 went into effect this school year, requiring Jefferson County Public Schools to report guardians with students who have 15 or more absences to the County Attorney’s ...

Armed police handcuffed and searched a student at a high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, this week after an AI-driven security system flagged the teen’s empty bag of chips as a possible firearm.

The NAACP Indiana State Conference on Friday launched a campaign to help increase school attendance rates for youth, noting that absenteeism can hinder academic achievement. The campaign launch comes ...

Students in Illinois are still missing more school than they were before the pandemic and, for elementary school students, the number of days absent is impacting their learning even more than it did ...